The Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute: An In-Depth Look at Chinese and Japanese Motivations

Abstract

This thesis was written to evaluate the relative importance of ethnic, economic, and military nationalism between China and Japan over a two-year period on the subject of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Island dispute. From 2010 to 2012, this ongoing dispute generated a lot of open source media that delved into the issue, from published books, to newspaper articles. What I found was the relative importance of economic over ethnic and military nationalism: the two countries fought to maintain economic stability above all else. This leads me to believe that despite these ongoing feuds, both countries realize that trade and maintaining other economic ties are far more important today than before.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1151159

Entities

People

  • Andrea M. Stoke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Economic Security
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Literature Surveys
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Systems Analysis and Design